Common use of Mutual Access Clause in Contracts

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Company and Parent shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors and agents and other representatives (such persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hours, throughout the period prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records and any report, schedule or other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, as Parent may reasonably request, and Parent and its Subsidiaries, as the Company may reasonably request, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor Parent shall be required to afford such access if it would unreasonably disrupt the operations of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, would cause a violation of any agreement to which such party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or would constitute a violation of any applicable Law. The foregoing notwithstanding, neither the Company nor Parent, nor any of their respective officers, employees or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures (including an onsite study) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Company Partnership and Parent shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors and agents and other representatives (such persons Persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hours, throughout the period prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel key employees and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records and any report, schedule or other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company Partnership and its Subsidiaries, as Parent may reasonably request, and Parent and its Subsidiaries, as the Company Partnership may reasonably request, as the case may bebe (including information necessary to prepare the Combined Consent Statement/Prospectus). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company Partnership nor Parent shall be required to afford such access if to the extent it would unreasonably disrupt the operations of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, would cause a violation of any agreement to which such party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or Subsidiaries, would constitute a violation of any applicable LawLaw or would interfere with the ability of such party or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to comply with any COVID-19 Measures. The foregoing notwithstanding, neither Neither the Company Partnership nor Parent, nor any of their respective officers, employees or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures (including an onsite studystudy or any Phase II environmental site assessment or other invasive or subsurface testing, sampling, monitoring or analysis) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed conditioned or conditioned)delayed.

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering transition and integration planning and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Company Partnership and Parent shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors and agents and other representatives acting on their behalf (such persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hourshours and upon reasonable advance notice, throughout the period prior to from the entry into this Agreement through the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel facilities and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records of the Partnership and any report, schedule or other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company and its Partnership Subsidiaries, as Parent may reasonably request, and of Parent and its respective Subsidiaries, as the Company Partnership may reasonably request, as the case may bebe (including information necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4), in each case, so long as such access does not interfere with the business of the party providing access. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor Parent no person shall be required to afford such access if to the extent it would unreasonably disrupt (x) violate any applicable Laws or the operations terms of any confidentiality restrictions under any contracts, as the case may be; or (y) jeopardize any attorney-client or other legal privilege; provided, however, that if providing such access would, in the reasonable judgment of the Partnership or Parent, as applicable, cause one or more of the effects described in clauses (x) and (y), such party, shall use, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use, at the expense of the requesting party, reasonable best efforts to negotiate in good faith agreements or arrangements that permit affording such access without having any of such party effects. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.3(a), any document, correspondence or information or other access provided pursuant to this Section 5.3(a) may be redacted or otherwise limited to prevent disclosure of information concerning or relating to (A) the valuation of the Partnership, consideration or valuation of the Merger, (B) any Acquisition Proposal, Acquisition Transaction, Superior Proposal or Change of Recommendation, each subject to their respective obligations under Section 5.4 or (C) any other similarly confidential information, or any competitively sensitive information. All access pursuant to this Section 5.3(a) shall be (1) coordinated through the General Counsel of its Subsidiaries, would cause the party being asked to provide access or a violation of any agreement designee thereof and (2) subject to which such the party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or would constitute a violation of any applicable Lawproviding access’s reasonable security measures. The foregoing notwithstanding, neither Neither the Company Partnership nor Parent, nor any of their respective officers, employees employees, affiliates or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures (including an onsite studystudy or any environmental site assessment or invasive or subsurface testing, sampling, monitoring or analysis) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)consent.

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering integration planning and the transactions contemplated herebyconsummation of the Transactions, each of the Company Company, on the one hand and Parent Sodium, Sodium US and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors advisors, financing sources and agents and other representatives acting on their behalf (such persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hourshours and upon reasonable advance notice, throughout the period prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records and any report, schedule or as the other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, as Parent party may reasonably request, and Parent and its Subsidiaries, as the Company may reasonably request, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor Parent Sodium shall be required to afford such access if it would would, in such party’s reasonable judgment, reasonably be expected to (1) unreasonably disrupt the operations of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, would (2) cause a violation of any agreement to which such party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, would cause a risk of a loss of (3) waive or jeopardize any attorney-client or other applicable privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiaries, (4) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets in a manner that would result in any such trade secrets no longer being protected as such under applicable Law following such disclosure, (5) result in the disclosure of information or would access that is reasonably pertinent or likely to be reasonably pertinent to a litigation where the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Sodium or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, are adverse parties or reasonably likely to become adverse parties or (6) constitute a violation of any applicable Law; provided, that in such instances, the party withholding access shall provide written notice to the other party stating that it is withholding such access or such information and stating the justification therefor, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the applicable information in a way that would not have such effects or otherwise be restricted by this Section 6.3(a). The foregoing notwithstandingNeither the Company, neither on the Company nor Parentone hand, nor Sodium, Sodium US and Merger Sub, on the other hand, or any of their respective officers, employees or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures invasive or subsurface assessment (including an onsite studyany Phase II environmental site assessment or other invasive or subsurface testing, sampling, monitoring or analysis) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)consent.

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Company Partnership and Parent shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors advisors, financing sources and agents and other representatives (such persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hours, throughout the period prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel key employees and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records and any report, schedule or other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company Partnership and its Subsidiaries, as Parent may reasonably request, and Parent and its Subsidiaries, as the Company Partnership may reasonably request, as the case may bebe (including information necessary to prepare the Combined Consent Statement/Prospectus). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company Partnership nor Parent shall be required to afford such access if to the extent it would unreasonably disrupt the operations of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, would cause a violation of any agreement to which such party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or Subsidiaries, would constitute a violation of any applicable LawLaw or would interfere with the ability of such party or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to comply with any COVID-19 Measures. The foregoing notwithstanding, neither Neither the Company Partnership nor Parent, nor any of their respective officers, employees or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures (including an onsite studystudy or any Phase II environmental site assessment or other invasive or subsurface testing, sampling, monitoring or analysis) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed conditioned or conditioned)delayed.

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Company and Parent shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors advisors, financing sources and agents and other representatives (such persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hours, throughout the period prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel key employees and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records and any report, schedule or other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, as Parent may reasonably request, and Parent and its Subsidiaries, as the Company may reasonably request, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor Parent shall be required to afford such access if it would unreasonably disrupt the operations of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, would cause a violation of any legally binding agreement to which such party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, party or would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or would constitute a violation of any applicable Law; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the withholding party shall, upon the other party’s reasonable request, use commercially reasonable efforts to allow for any access or disclosure in a manner that does not contravene the foregoing. The foregoing notwithstanding, neither Neither the Company nor Parent, nor any of their respective officers, employees or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures invasive or subsurface assessment (including an onsite studyany Phase II environmental site assessment or other invasive or subsurface testing, sampling, monitoring or analysis) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)consent.

Mutual Access. (a) For purposes of furthering the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the Company and Parent ETP shall afford the other party and (i) the officers and employees and (ii) the accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors advisors, financing sources and agents and other representatives (such persons described in this clause (ii), collectively, “Representatives”) of such other party reasonable access during normal business hours, throughout the period prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the Termination Date, to its and its Subsidiaries’ personnel and properties, contracts, commitments, books and records and any report, schedule or other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of applicable Laws and with such additional accounting, financing, operating, environmental and other data and information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, as Parent ETP may reasonably request, and Parent ETP and its Subsidiaries, as the Company may reasonably request, as the case may be, including any such information related to the qualification under Sections 332, 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code (and other applicable provisions of the Code) of the distribution by the Company of its shares of SunCoke Energy, Inc. to the Company’s shareholders on January 17, 2012 and any transactions taken in connection therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor Parent ETP shall be required to afford such access if it would unreasonably disrupt the operations of such party or any of its Subsidiaries, would cause a violation of any agreement to which such party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to such party or any of its Subsidiaries or would constitute a violation of any applicable Law. The foregoing notwithstanding, neither Neither the Company nor ParentETP, nor any of their respective officers, employees or Representatives, shall be permitted to perform any onsite procedures (including an onsite study) with respect to any property of the other party or any of the other party’s Subsidiaries without the other party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)consent.